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EQ4U Barbara introduces EQ4U, a platform of musical offerings featuring Barbara and Equilibrium Young Artists as a way to share our music and connect with audiences despite the limitations we are experiencing as performers at this time. Subscribe to the new YouTube channel: EQ4U

REVIEWS Equilibrium Young Artists Marta Swiderska, James Way and Antoin Herrera-Lopez KesselSwedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Barbara Hannigan conducting6 & 7 March 2020, Berwaldhallen in Stockholm Dagens Nyheter 5 out of 5 stars“one of the most exuberant concerts in Stockholm in a long time” Svenska Dagbladet“Tenor James Way and baritone Antoin Herrera-Lopez Kessel convincingly persuade in gallant and ruthless plays”“Standing ovations …

Rehearsals in Amsterdam with LUDWIG, the day before we headed to La Monnaie in Brussels. It was LUDWIG’s first time with the piece, and true to form, this wonderful orchestra brought out the lively and demanding detail of this masterpiece. The famous Epilogue of the opera, here in rehearsal at La Monnaie in Brussels. Welsh tenor Elgan Llyr Thomas as …

Reviews from the European tour of The Rake’s Progress. “They delivered the most beautiful and moving Stravinsky’s The Rake Progress I have ever heard.” – “Und das Sängerensemble war wirklich herausragend gut” – “Rake needs plenty of neoclassical punch and crispness and Hannigan and Ludwig delivered.”

Equilibrium Young Artists at La Monnaie/De Munt, as part of the Klarafestival, with two performances of The Rake’s Progress. “In all its simplicity and originality, it was overwhelming and compelling.” Read the reviews

As part of the 2019 Aldeburgh Festival Barbara Hannigan conducts singers from her Equilibrium Young Artist programme in a performance of Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, an opera in which she sang one of her first major roles.

Ojai Festival 2019 Music Director Barbara Hannigan and Artistic Director Thomas W. Morris shared initial programming for the 73rd Festival, June 6-9, 2019. The programme features Barbara in various facets: as a singer, conductor and mentor, including performances of The Rake’s Progress with EQ singers.